BookPeter J. Hotez.
Summary: Provides an overview of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and how they devastate the poor, essentially trapping them in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty by preventing them from working or attaining their full intellectual and cognitive development.
Contents:
Introduction to the neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty
"The unholy trinity" : the soil-transmitted helminth infections ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infection
Schistosomiasis (snail fever)
The filarial infections : lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and dracunculiasis (guinea worm)
The blinding neglected tropical diseases : onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma
The mycobacterial infections : buruli ulcer and leprosy
The kinetoplastid infections : human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), chagas disease, and the leishmaniases
The urban neglected tropical diseases : leptospirosis, dengue, and rabies
The neglected tropical diseases of North America
The global network for neglected tropical diseases
Future trends in control of neglected tropical diseases and the antipoverty vaccines
Repairing the world.